LIATRIS - Blazing Star or Gayfeather 
Culture. They will all thrive in ordinary garden soil, in sun or in shade, 
and are grown in groups of three or more. Plant 8 inches apart. Plant 
in autumn or early spring. May be grown by the waterside, and bees 
are very partial to the flowers. 
Pycnostachya Each 69c, Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $20.00 
Nothing can be planted that will attract more attention: on account of 
its unusual appearance; but it is beautiful as well as odd. It blooms in 
midsummer and throws’ up long, narrow spikes of rich purple flowers, 
four feet high, which last a long time. 
Scariosa, September Glory Ea. 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
A giarit 6-foot spike solidly covered with purple flowers from top to 
bottom. The flowers, unlike the common variety, come into bloom all 
at the same time, creating a marvelous effect. A splendid improvement 
over the old variety. Late flowering. September. 
Scariosa, White Spire Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $5.75 
A magnificent pure white Gayfeather. Just as tall as the September 
Glory from which this variety is a sport. Superb for a bold effect in the 
garden as well as stunning flower for cutting. 
LUPINUS - Lupine 
Stately, colorful and beautiful perennials. The pea-shaped flowers are 
closely spaced on three- to four-foot spikes. The effect made by these 
eer spires places the Lupines in the front rank of hardy border 
plants. 
Culture. Growing Lupines well is not as much a problem of soil as it is 
one of atmospheric conditions. They require ample moisture, full sun 
and do not like the hot drying winds of summer. They do equally well 
in heavy or light sandy soils. Water freely when ground is dry. They 
look best planted in bold groups. Plant in fall or early spring, ten 
inches apart. Whenever possible do planting and transplanting in fall. 
| Polyphyllus, Blue Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
(Hardy Lupine.) Clear b!ue spikes, 3 to 4 feet high, during June. 
| Polyphyllus albus Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
A white variety of the above. 
Polyphyllus roseus Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
Flowers of beautifully shaded rose. 
LUPINES IN MIXED COLORS 
Reselected Russell Hybrids 
You will find in our reselected Russell Lupines, the same gorgeous 
colors: self blues, pinks, reds, yellows, maroon, purples, etc. Bicolors such 
as violet and white, blue and yellow, red and bronze, red and white, 
purple and cream, blue and white, yellow and orange, pink and white, 
etc. The standards one color, the keel another. Individual flowers above 
average size, upright standards of some being an inch across. The 
flower spike resembles a closely. set, well rounded column of Sweet Peas. 
All flowers on spikes open at one time from top to bottom. Spike 3 to 5 
feet tall. The sensation of the English horticultural world in 1937. 
We offer fine two-year, field-grown plants that will give you a mass 
of blooms the same year they are planted. 
Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
LYTHRUM - Purple Loosestrife 
Suitable showy plants for moist, shady borders and the waterside. There 
is only one really worth growing, and that is Superbum. The plants are 
of stately growth, and bear their rosy or purplish flowers in tall leafy 
spikes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in moist, shady borders, or in groups by 
the waterside. Plant in autumn or early spring and divide and replant 
every third year. 
Superbum, Dropmore Purple 
Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $5.75, 100 $30.00 
A new variety which blooms continuously from June to September. It 
is especially valuable for midsummer color when blues and purples are 
always scarce. The very showy, fuchsia-purple spikes have no trace of 
magenta. Grows to a height of 3-4 feet. It is exceedingly free flow- 
ering and makes a brilliant show in the garden. Likes full sun and a 
moist location. 
Superbum, Morden’s Pink 
Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $5.75, 100 $30.00 
This fine Lythrum originated at the Morden Experiment Station, Mor- 
den, Manitoba, Canada. The plant grows to a height of tnree to four 
feet and bears dozeris of spikes covered with deep phlox-pink florets 
from June to late September. Lythrum Morden’s Pink can be grown 
anywhere; it is as hardy as a tree. It does well during the dryest weather 
but comes to perfection in a moist, sunny location where it develops into 
a magnificent showy clump 3 feet across or more. An excellent summer 
flowering perennial. 
MONARDA .- Bee-balm; Bergamot 
The flowers are borne in close heads or whorls on stems about 2 to 3 
feet high, surrounded by colored bracts, and the leaves are more or less 
fragrant. Attractive plants for the semi-shady or sunny border, the 
wild garden, or for the city gardens. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in sunny borders or in light shade. All 
may be naturalized in the wild garden. Plant in bold groups in autumn 
or spring, 10 inches apart. Divide and replant every third year. 
Didyma alba Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
The white Monarda is similar in habit of growth to Cambridge Scarlet. 
Excellent in light shade or full sun. 
Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet 
Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers are produced freely from June until 
| August. A goed plant for shady garden as well as border or garden in 
the city where other flowers don’t grow well. 
Didyma, Croftway Pink Each 85c, Three $2.10, Doz. $6.25, 100 $35.00 
Not many new plants arrived from England in wartime but this is one 
of them, and it’s a vaiuable acquisition. A most appealing rich rose-pink. 
Hardy and free blooming. Like other Bergamots, it presents an irre- 
sistible attraction for hummingbirds. Does well in shady gardens and is 
excellent for cutting. It replaces the old variety Salmon Queen which 
we have discontinued. 
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NEPETA - Ground Ivy; Catmint 
Really only 2 varieties are worthy of culture, and are suited for mass- 
ing in the garden. The foliage is aromatic and silvery gray, the small 
flowers are lavender-blue. 
Culture. Ordinary soil, well drained, and a sunny position will suit the 
Nepetas. Plant in autumn or spring, 8 inches apart. 
Blue Beauty (Upright Growing) 
Each 89c, Three $2.00, Doz. $5.75, 100 $30.00 
From France came this profusely spring-flowering border plant where 
it is also called Souvenir de Andre Chaudron. It is compact and up- 
right in growth. Twenty to thirty stems to one plant. Excellent for 
cutting as well. It grows about two feet tall and does exceptionally 
well in hot dry places. Flowers are produced throughout the summer. 
The foliage is gray-green, contrasting well with surrounding plants. 
A most satisfactory plant of very easy culture. ; k 
*Mussini Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
Of dwarf, compact habit, producing masses of bloom of a beautiful 
shade of lavender all spring and intermittently during the summer. 
OENOTHERA - Evening Primrose 
The species named below are especially suitable for growing on the 
margins of sunny borders and rock gardens, and all make a continuous 
and brave display of color throughout the summer with little attention. 
Culture. All require a well drained, medium sandy soil, freely intermixed 
with well decayed manure, and a sunny position te grow and flower 
freely. Show to the best advantage when grown in_ groups. Plant 8 
inches apart in spring or fall. They are apt to perish in winter if grown 
in heavy, damp soil. 7 
Youngi Each 75c, Three $1.89, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
A strong, stocky, large leaved plant with firm, shiny foliage, numerous 
bright lemon-yellow flowers on stems about 24 inches tall from June 
to August. 
PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS (Also see page 2) 
A trailing plant 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright green 
foliage. A ground cover, which will grow in all shady situations and the 
only plant which will thrive under pine trees. Some of its main uses 
are: Under all evergreer plantings, under all shrub plantings, for area- 
way copings, for loggia and enclosed porch use, for shrub and flower 
bed borders, for bordering walks and drives, for steep terraces In sun 
or shade, for city yards it is ideal, for dense shade under any kind of 
trees. Plants should be spaced 4 inches apart. a 
24-inch potted plants Doz. $4.75, 100 $20.00, 1090 $185.00 
Can be transplanted any time of the year. 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white. bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. Ses 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
possible. 
Grandiflorum Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65, 100 $28.00 
Large, showy, deep biue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all sum- 
mer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflorum album Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
*Mariesi Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
*Mariesi album Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50, 100 $25.00 
White-flowered form of above. 
Platycodon Grandiflorum 
